make up
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
invent or create something new, often imaginatively
MWELegacy lexicon import
Senses
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apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier
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put in order or neaten
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come to terms
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make up something artificial or untrue
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devise or compose
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do or give something to somebody in return
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make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
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form or compose
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adjust for
Classifications
Cognitive
Create92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Automation
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Variants
- synonym
- catch up withcompriseconstitutecorrectmakemanufacturepayrepresentsettle
- pasttense
- made upmaked up
- presentparticiple
- making up
- thirdpersonsingular
- makes up
- pastparticiple
- made upmaked up